Shell sharing compatibility for Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software

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Abstract

This document lists shell sharing compatibility for the currently supported versions of IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software (RAD). Only products and versions that have been explicitly tested for shell sharing compatibility and are known to work are listed.

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Sharing an environment between products - overview:

When you use IBM Installation Manager to install a product, in some cases it is possible to install the product into a package group (installation location) that is used by one or more products that are already installed on your computer. For example, products might be able to share a package group if they are Eclipse-based, use the same Eclipse version and the features that comprise the products do not conflict with each other.

If multiple products are installed into the same package group, then when you run one of the products the user interface and features contributed by the other products are visible; the products share a common environment. Sometimes, this type of sharing is known as shell sharing.

Installation Manager determines for you if a product can be installed in the same package group as another product.

Install the latest available updates for products that share an environment:

If you install a newer release of a product within the same package group as a product that is at an earlier version, you might experience problems when working with the products. These problems can occur because components that are shared between the products might not be at a version that is compatible with both versions of the installed products. In general, you can avoid these problems by installing the latest available updates for all products that share a common environment.

Installation Manager might prevent updates to products in a shared environment:

If you update one product in a package group that is shared by two or more products, then any features that are shared between products might be updated. For this reason, Installation Manager might not allow updates, in some cases due to the dependency requirements of the products in the package group.

Shared environment combinations that are expected to work successfully:

The following tabs list the version levels for RAD and contain information about the products and versions that are expected to not conflict with RAD when installed together into the same Installation Manager Package Group - the practice known as "shell sharing". Only products and versions that have been explicitly tested for shell sharing compatibility and are known to work are listed.

+ : Indicates support for that version or later.

* : Indicates a successful install is possible with an exception or limitation.

**10.0**
Date Released	Status
29 July 2025	Current

Product	Version
Engineering Workload Management (EWM) Client Extension	7.1 and 7.0.3 * EWM installation may fail on Linux. For more information and a workaround, see Installation of EWM 7.1 or 7.0.3 using IM fails on RAD 10.0.0.
IBM ClearCase	9.0.1.06 *ClearCase CCRC extension may be blocked if Mylyn feature was selected during RAD installation. For more information and a workaround, see Unable to install ClearCase CCRC extension after installing RAD with the Mylyn Feature Enabled

**9.7.0.6**
Date Released	Status
26 April 2024	Current

Product	Version
Engineering Workload Management (EWM) Client Extension	7.0.3 (Windows 2019, Red Hat 8.1)
Host Access Transformation Services (HATS)	9.7.1 (Windows 11, Red Had 8.1)
Rational ClearCase	9.0.1.06
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	10.2.2 (Windows 2019)
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	1.0.23 (Windows 2019)
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.7.1.2 (Windows 11, Red Hat 8.1)
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere (RSA4WS)	9.7.1.2 (Windows 11, Red Hat 8.1)

**9.7.0.5**
Date Released	Status
22 June 2022	Superseded

Product	Version
Engineering Workload Management (EWM)	7.0.2 (macOS 10.15, Windows 10)
Host Access Transformation Services (HATS)	9.7.0.2 (Windows) Ensure that RAD 9.7.0.5 is installed in 64-bit mode with HATS 9.7.0.2 to Shell Share using Installation Manager. RAD 9.7.0.5 is not supported to be installed in 32-bit mode. Do not select the "IBM WebFacing Tool for IBM i" when installing HATS with RAD in Installation Manager. Intermittently, when shell sharing RAD 9.7.0.5 and HATS 9.7.0.2, RAD Help failed to show up in Help Contents until RAD was restarted.
Rational ClearCase	9.0.2.06.(Windows)
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	10.2.2 (Windows 2016) RAD 9.7.0.5 and RFT 10.2.2 must be installed in separate packages using IBM Installation Manager.
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	10.2.3 (Red Hat 7.8)
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.7.1.1
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	10.2.2 (Windows 2016)

**9.7.0.4**
Date Released	Status
30 July 2021	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	6.0.6.1 (Windows only)
Host Access Transformation Services (HATS)	9.7.0.1 (Windows, Red Hat 7.x)
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	10.2 (Windows only)
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	10.2 (Windows only)
IBM Engineering Workload Management (EWM)	7.0.3 (Windows only)
IBM Rational Clearcase	9.1.0.00.00 Extension (Windows, Red Hat 7.x) 9.0.2.03.00 Extension (Windows, Red Hat 7.x)

**9.7.0.3**
Date Released	Status
10 September 2020	Superceded

Product	Version
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.7.0.3
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	6.0.6.1, Web Installer (IM) and p2 install.
Host Access Transformation Services (HATS)	9.7.0 *9.7.0 A shell share installation is not possible if the HATS Optional Feature 'IBM Web Facing Tool for IBM i' is selected
CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG)	9.2.0.0
IBM Engineering Workload Management (EWM)	7.0.1 Web Installer (IM install). p2 installation is possible by referencing instructions in Rational Application Developer 9.7.0.3 and EWM Shell share IDE restart due to 'Out of Memory' issue

**9.7.0.2**
Date Released	Status
30 October 2019	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.7.0.2
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	9.5 and 9.5 I-fix 1
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	9.5 and 9.5 I-fix 1
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	6.0.6 and 6.0.6.1, Web Installer (IM) and p2 install.
Host Access Transformation Services (HATS)	9.7.0
CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG)	9.2.0.0

**9.7.0.1**
Date Released	Status
5 July 2019	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.7.0.1
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	9.5 & 9.5.0.1
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	9.5 & 9.5.0.1
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	Client 6.0.6 for Eclipse 4.6.x IDE
CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG)	9.2.0.0

**9.7**
Date Released	Status
27 November 2018	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.7
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	Client 6.0.6 for Eclipse 4.6.x IDE
CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG)	9.2.0.0

**Release 9.6.1.4**
Date Released	Status
31 January 2020	Current

Product	Version
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.6.1.4 *9.6.1.4 If Git is required, select the Git features for only one of the products (RSAD) during the installation. You cannot select Git for both products (only Git for RSAD) if you want to shell share RAD 9.6.1.4 with RSAD 9.6.1.4. For example, select: 'Eclipse Git Team Provider' for RSAD when shell sharing RAD 9.6.1.4 with RSAD 9.6.1.4 using IBM Installation Manager.
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	6.0.6.1 (IM and p2 installation)
IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz)	14.2.1 (IM Install only)
IBM Engineering Workload Management (EWM)	7.0 (IM and p2 installation)
Data Studio (DS)	4.1.3.6
Rational ClearCase (CC)	ClearTeam Explorer Extension 9.0.1.7
InfoSphere Data Architect	9.1.4.1 * 9.1.4.1 A shell share installation is not possible if the RAD Optional Feature 'Eclipse Git Team provider' is selected. RAD ships Git version 5.0.3 and IDA ships Git version 4.1.1. RAD and IDA will both function properly with Git version 4.1.1. IDA installs Git 4.1.1 by default. It is not optional. Therefore, we are forced to use Git 4.1.1.

**Release 9.6.1.3**
Date Released	Status
3 May 2019	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	9.2.0.1
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	6.0.6
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.6.1.1
Data Studio (DS)	4.1.3
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	9.2.0.1
CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG)	9.2.0.0

**Release 9.6.1.2**
Date Released	Status
13 November 2018	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	9.2.0.1
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	6.0.6
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.6.1.1
Data Studio (DS)	4.1.3
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	9.2.0.0; 9.2.0.1 * () 9.2.0.1* - Shell sharing works on Windows. Shell sharing works on Linux with version 9.2.0.0.
Rational ClearCase (CC) - ClearTeam Explorer Extension	9.0.1.0.4* () 9.0.1.0.4* - Shell sharing was only tested and verified on Windows 10.
CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG)	9.2.0.0

**Release 9.6.1.1**
Date Released	Status
28 March 2018	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	9.1.1.1
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	6.0.6
Rational Developer for i (RDi)	9.6.0.2 * () 9.6.0.2* - If you install RAD first, then install RDi RPG and Cobol Tools features, shell sharing will fail. If you install the RDi RPG and Cobol Tools features first, then install RAD, shell sharing works.
Rational ClearCase	8.0.1.13 +; 9.0.0.3 +
Data Studio (DS)	4.1.3
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	9.2
ClearTeam Explorer Extension (CTEE)	9.0.2.03

**Release 9.6.1**
Date Released	Status
11 May 2017	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	9.1
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	5.0.2; 6.0.2; Client 6.0.4 for Eclipse 4.2.x IDE (Extension install); Client 6.0.5 for Eclipse 4.2.x IDE (Extension install); Client 606 for Eclipse 4.6.x IDE
Rational Developer for i (RDi)	9.6.0.1
Rational ClearCase	8.0.1.13 +; 9.0.0.3 +
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	9.1.1

**Release 9.6**
Date Released	Status
22 December 2016	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.6
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	5.0.2; 6.0.2
Rational Developer for i (RDi)	9.6
Rational ClearCase	8.0.1.13 +; 9.0.0.3 +

**Release 9.5.0.5**
Date Released	Status
27 April 2020	Current

Product	Version
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	9.0.1.1
Rational Developer for i (RDi)	9.5.0.3 * () 9.5.0.3* - Shell sharing works with RDi 9.5.0.3. However, updating an older RAD/RDi shell share installation of the current RAD 9.5.0.5 or RDi 9.5.0.3 will fail if the RDi optional feature Modernization Tools > Bluemix is already installed.
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	8.6.0.10 * () 8.6.0.10* - Shell sharing works on the Windows 32-bit platform. RFT 32-bit is not available on the Linux platform.
Rational Developer for z Systems (RDz)	9.5.1.9
IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz)	14.0.0.9 * () 14.0.0.9* - Shell sharing works if the Bluemix feature is not selected for both products during installation.
Rational ClearCase (CC)	9.0.1.7
Data Studio (DS)	4.1.2
Host Action Transformation Services (HATS)	9.5.1 () 9.5.1* - Shell sharing works on Windows 64-bit only.
InfoSphere Data Architect (DA)	9.1.3
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.5.0.3
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	6.0.6.1 Web installer (IM) and p2 install.
Rational Business Developer (RBD)	9.5.1 (*) RBD 9.5.1 must be installed first.

**Release 9.5.0.4**
Date Released	Status
10 August 2018	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	9.0.1.1
Rational Developer for i (RDi)	9.5.1.2 * () 9.5.1.2* - Shell sharing works if you do not install the Bluemix feature that is included with each product. Once the installation is complete, you can add the Bluemix feature to only one of the products using the Installation Manager Modify option. You cannot add it to both.
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	8.6.0.10 * () 8.6.0.10* - Shell sharing works on the Windows platform, but not on the Linux platform.
Rational Developer for z Systems (RDz)	9.5.1.9 * () 9.5.1.9* - Shell sharing works if the Bluemix feature is not selected for both products during installation.
IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz)	14.0.0.7 * () 14.0.0.7* - Shell sharing works if the Bluemix feature is not selected for both products during installation.

**Release 9.5.0.3**
Date Released	Status
4 August 2017	Superseded

Product	Version
IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz)	14.0.0.4; 14.0.0.5
Rational Developer for i (RDi)	9.5.1.2 * () 9.5.1.2* - Shell sharing works if you do not install the Bluemix feature that is included with each product. Once the installation is complete, you can add the Bluemix feature to only one of the products using the Installation Manager Modify option. You cannot add it to both.
Rational Developer for z Systems (RDz)	9.5.1.5
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	Client 6.0.1 for Eclipse 4.2.x IDE; Client 6.0.2 for Eclipse 4.2.x IDE; Client 6.0.3 for Eclipse 4.2.x IDE; Client 6.0.3 for Eclipse 4.2.x IDE (Extension install); Client 6.0.4 for Eclipse 4.2.x IDE; Client 6.0.5 for Eclipse 4.2 IDE; Client 6.0.6 for Eclipse 4.4.x IDE

**Release 9.5.0.2**
Date Released	Status
20 April 2016	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Developer for i (RDi)	9.5.1.2

**Release 9.5**
Date Released	Status
18 September 2015	Superseded

Product	Version
IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz)	14.0
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.5
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	6.0
Rational Developer for i (RDi)	9.5
Rational ClearCase	8.0.1.8 +
Data Studio (DS)	4.1.2
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	8.6
Rational Developer for z Systems (RDz)	9.5
Rational Business Developer (RBD)	9.5
Host Action Transformation Services (HATS)	9.5
InfoSphere Data Architect	9.1.3
Rational Asset Manager (RAM)	7.2.5.3
CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG)	9.1.0.1

Product	Version
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.1.2.3
Rational Business Developer (RBD)	9.1.1.1
Rational Developer for i Series (RDi)	9.1.1.1
Rational Developer for z Systems (RDz)	9.1.1.8
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	8.6.0.4 * () 8.6.0.4* - Shell sharing is only possible in 32 bit mode.
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	8.7.0.2
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	Client 6.0.6 for Eclipse 4.x

**Release 9.1.1.3**
Date Released	Status
27 October 2017	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.1.2.3
Rational Developer for z Systems (RDz)	9.1.1.6
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	8.6.0.4 * () 8.6.0.4* - Shell sharing is only possible in 32 bit mode.
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	Client 6.0.6 for Eclipse 4.x IDE (Extension install)

**Release 9.1.1**
Date Released	Status
31 October 2014	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Asset Manager (RAM)	7.5.2.1
Rational Developer for z Systems (RDz)	9.1.1
Worklight	6.1.0.2
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	8.6.0.1
Rational Team Concert (RTC)	4.0.7; 5.0.1
Data Studio (DS)	4.1.1
CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG)	9.1
ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC)	8.0.1.5

**Release 9.1**
Date Released	Status
23 May 2014	Superseded

Product	Version
Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD)	9.1
Rational Test Concert (RTC)	4.0.3; 4.0.6; 5.0; Client 5.0.2 for Eclipse 4.2.x IDE; 6.0
Data Studio (DS)	4.1.0.1; 4.1.1
Rational Functional Tester (RFT)	9.1
Rational Developer for z Systems (RDz)	9.1
Rational Business Developer (RBD)	9.1
Rational Performance Tester (RPT)	8.5.1.3
Host Action Transformation Services (HATS)	9.0
InfoSphere Data Architect	9.1.2
RDA	9.1
WorkLight	6.1.0.1; 6.1.0.2
Rational Asset Manager (RAM)	7.5.2.1
CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG)	9.0.0.2
ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC)	8.0.1.2

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